Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀gànjà

→ Phuthi sadla (inherited)

→ Fanagalo sandla (inherited)

→ Northern Ndebele isandla (inherited)

→ Southern Ndebele isandla (inherited)

→ Chichewa dzanja (inherited)

→ Rwanda-Rundi ikiganza (inherited)

→ Shona chanza (inherited)

→ Swazi sandla (inherited)

→ Swahili kiganja (derived)

→ Tsonga xandla (inherited)

→ Venda tshanḓa (inherited)

→ Xhosa isandla (inherited)

→ Zulu isandla (inherited)